[PRCo] Re: Destination Numbers Effective March 1, 1914

[Donald Galt]

Mr. Campbell:

> 
> My father claims to have ridden the Charleroi Interurban through Dormont but he was also known for telling stories wasn't he.
> 

How on earth would I know?

Sorry to be a grinch, but I find your constant use of this locution really 
annoying.

You said a while back that you picked it up from a certain class of English 
women. In fact, it appears in the speech not only of women but of men.

However, they don't use it in every second sentence.

And, I've NEVER seen it employed in the written language, only in colloquial 
speech (in my experience, most often in the North, where a sort of 
defensiveness  sometimes presents a contrast with the confidence of Cockney 
speech).

If you could wean yourself from its excessive use, then you'd have something to 
fall back on when you really do have a question. And I'd get more enjoyment out 
of your contributions.

Rant concluded.

Don G